No Senator Wong the legality isn't a matter for the US and Israel to determine, it is the responsibility of the international community to speak up when blatant disregard for international law takes place. So it is absolutely a question for Australia to be addressing unless you support aggression
Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige
Wong says legality of strikes on Iran ‘a matter for Israel and US’ as Australia sends crisis consular teams to Middle East
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Federal government struggling to assist some of the 115,000 Australians in the region, including as many as 24,000 in the United Arab Emirates
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Australia is sending crisis consular support teams to the Middle East to help the thousands of travellers and expats stranded in the region, as Penny Wong concedes the war sparked by US and Israeli bombings of Iran is “spreading and intensifying”.
But when asked by reporters on Wednesday about the legality of the strikes on Iran – which have drawn support from the federal government – the foreign minister said it was “a matter for Israel and the US”. Continue reading...
